Today is Father's Day, and if my father Nelson was alive today, he would be 109 years old, which probably would have made him pretty damn grumpy. I took the above photograph of him in November of 1969, sitting in the living room of my sister Susan and brother-in-law George's apartment at 1130 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, right across the street from Grant Park. Dad was a youthful 60 years old back then, five years younger than I am now. I think of myself as just a kid even today, but back then I thought my father was old as the hills. Amazing how your perspective changes as you get older. Dad was a dentist all his life, and just hated it. Happily, 6 1/2 years after this photo was taken, he and my mother Mary retired to Stuart, Florida, where they spent their happiest years. Good for them. Happy Father's Day everyone!
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